With the recent official announcement of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and finally putting all the rumors at rest, we once again pit its specifications against other flagships and this time, it’s against Apple’s iPhone 6S.
Let’s now see how these two stand up against each other in terms of their technical specs.
| Samsung Galaxy S7 | Apple iPhone 6S |
|---|---|
| 5.1-inch Super AMOLED Quad-HD display | 4.7-inch LED-backlit IPS HD display |
| 2560 x 1440 resolution | 1334 x 750 resolution |
| Gorilla Glass 4 reinforcement | Ion-X reinforcement |
| Samsung Exynos 8890 64-bit octa-core CPU | Apple A9 64-bit w/ M9 co-processor |
| 4GB RAM | 2GB |
| 32GB, 64GB internal memory | 16GB, 64GB, and 128GB internal memory |
| Expandable up to 200GB via micro SD | Not expandable |
| 12MP Dual Pixel rear camera dual-tone/dual LED flash, F/1.7 aperture | 12MP iSight rear camera with 'Deep Trench Isolation' |
| 5MP front camera, F/1.7 aperture | Facetime 5MP camera with Retina Flash |
| Dual SIM, dual LTE hybrid (2nd SIM tray is for microSD) | Single SIM |
| WiFi 802.11ac | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| NFC | Apple Pay |
| Fast wireless charging, Fingerprint scanner, Heart rate sensor | Fingerprint scanner |
| IP68 rating | No rating |
| 3,000mAh non-removable Li-Ion battery | 1,715mAh non-removable Li-Po battery |
| Android 6.0 Marshmallow with TouchWiz | iOS 9 |
| Black and Gold | Space Gray, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold |
Summary of Advantages
Samsung Galaxy S7
- Bigger display
- Quad HD resolution
- Twice the RAM at 4GB
- Expandable memory
- Dual-SIM
- Fast wireless charging
- Heart rate sensor
- IP68 rating
- Bigger battery capacity at 3000mAh
Apple iPhone 6S
- Up to 128GB internal storage
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
- Bluetooth 4.2
- More color options
While there are aspects (like processor, front and rear cameras) that are subjective and would be needed to test in real-life usage, the Galaxy S7 showed beefier specs than the iPhone 6S when it comes to components alone. Through this comparison, we also see that this 2016 flagship now has more bells-and-whistles to offer its users compared to the 2015 flagship from Apple.
Stay tuned to see how well the Galaxy S7 would perform when we get ourselves a unit to review.
